Garbham
Merakamudidam block · Vizianagaram
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 535102
· village code 582636
Population 2011
8,445
Census of India
Population 2020
9,505
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.6%
1,060 people · 1.3% a year
Households
2,038
+0.5% vs 2,028 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,445
Male / female
4,245 / 4,200
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
989
Children aged 0–6
907
Literacy rate
49.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
493 / 53
Working population
4,299
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.3%
Households
2,028
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Garbham panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
1,200
Teachers
22
Students per teacher
55
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,820
Non-farm households
218
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Garbham panchayat, Merakamudidam zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹28.43 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹30.28 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹31.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.25 lakh · received ₹12.12 lakh · spent ₹13.05 lakh · left ₹18.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.19 lakh · received ₹18.16 lakh · spent ₹18.19 lakh · left ₹9.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
18.1261, 83.4001 —
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